.Part 1 Architecture HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785351-001

Table 17 Nexus switches for NX-OS
Maximum number of Ethernet ports
Maximum number of Fibre Channel
portsSwitch
5216C-series Nexus 5020
268C-series Nexus 5010
48 with expansion module48 with expansion moduleCisco Nexus 5548UP
96 with expansion modules96 with expansion modulesCisco Nexus 5596UP
Table 18 (page 86) describes Nexus expansion module support.
Table 18 Nexus expansion module support matrix
Switch
Expansion module Nexus 5010Nexus 5020
YesYesHP Nexus 5000 6-port 10-GbE Module
YesYes
HP Nexus 5000 4-port 4 Gb FC and 4-port
10-GbE Module
YesYesHP Nexus 5000 8-port 4 Gb FC Module
YesYesHP Nexus 5000 6-port 8 Gb FC Module
Nexus 5596UPNexus 5548UP
YesYesNexus 5500 8-port FC (8/4/2/1G) + 8-port
Eth/FCoE Module
YesYesNexus 5500 16-port Unified Port Expansion
Module
Features
Features of the C-series FCoE CN switches include:
• Unified fabrics
• I/O consolidation—Reduces capital and operating expense
• Application flexibility—Support a number of applications as access-layer switches co-located
with servers in data center racks or for middle-of-row deployments
• Consolidated resource management—Support existing configuration and management tools
• Energy efficiency
• PFC
• Bandwidth management
• DCBX Protocol
• Congestion management (BCN)
• Layer 2 multipathing (hardware capable)
• Convergence and compatibility with existing FC fabrics
• High availability (see Table 19)
Table 19 (page 87) provides a comparison of the high-availability features for C-series Nexus
5000 Converged Network Switches and and Cisco Nexus 5500 Converged Network Switches.
86 Fibre Channel over Ethernet